Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate
their gender identities as well as their professional roles in
everyday workplace communication.

written accessibly by one of the field’s foremost
researchers

explores the ways in which gender contributes to the
interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction

uses original and insightfully analyzed data to focus on the
ways in which both women and men draw on gendered discourse
resources to enact a range of workplace roles

illustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse
can throw light on the many ways in which workplace discourse
provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one
component of our complex socio-cultural identity

Janet Holmes holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington. Her publications include The Blackwell Handbook of Language and Gender (2003; co-edited with Miriam Meyerhoff), Power and Politeness in the Workplace (2003; with Maria Stubbe), and Women, Men and Politeness (1995).

explores the ways in which gender contributes to the
interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction

examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as
well as their professional roles in everyday workplace
communication

uses original and insightfully analyzed data to focus on the
ways in which both women and men draw on gendered discourse
resources to enact a range of workplace roles

illustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse
can throw light on the many ways in which workplace discourse
provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one
component of our complex socio-cultural identity

"Gendered Talk at Work offers rich empirical texture to
support subtle and careful analysis of gender in workplace talk.
Janet Holmes’s highly readable yet theoretically
sophisticated book will be required reading not just for
sociolinguists but for everyone interested in promoting gender
equity in employment." Sally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell
University

"A particular strength of this book is its accessibility to
non-linguists: it will assist women and men in the workplace to
gain a more sophisticated understanding of how gender interacts
with power in producing different ways of speaking." Anne
Pauwels, The University of Western Australia

"Janet Holmes’s account of gender and workplace discourse
represents sociolinguistic scholarship at its best. Her detailed
and wide-ranging analysis of language in interaction provides
unique insights into the linguistic culture of the workplace and
challenges stereotypical conceptions of gendered speaking styles
– an invaluable resource." Joan Swann, The Open
University

"Holmes's text is a well-written accessible book that not only
gives the reader an understanding of much of the work on gendered
workplace talk but advances with equal clarity into Holmes's own
subtle and nuanced additions to the field." Discourse &
Communication

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